1891. | REPORT OF BOTANICAL SECTION. r2i 
edly west and south of this locality. It is possible this specimen may 
have been an escape, as it was found near the roadside. Miss Mac- 
auley also showed the Veronica Buxbaumit, which is rare. 
July 4, 1890. The Section made an excursion to Bergen swamp. : 
The following account is quoted from Miss Macauley’s report : 
“The Mitchella repens covered the ground, in many places form- 
ing a dense carpet. Both the long and short styled flowers were found. 
The Linnea borealis was nearly out of bloom. Although many blos- 
soms were seen they dropped as soon as picked. The Cornus Canaden- 
sis, too, was just about gone, only a few blossoms being gathered. The 
ferns were many and beautiful, Cystopterts bulbifera growing in some 
places in graceful luxuriance. The <Aspzdiums were notin fruit. 
Osmunda cinnamomea was very abundant. SBotrychium Virginicum was 
found with unripe spores. Lz/éum superbum was also found. Among 
orchids were found the Calapogon pulchellum, Habenarita viridis, 
Habenaria dilatata, Cypripedium spectabile, Pogonia ophioglossotdes. 
The Sarracenia purpurea was found, but the petals had fallen. The 
Drosera rotundifolia was found in blossom, also the Alonotropa uniflora. 
Growing along with MW7tella diphylla was found the Af7teH/a nuda, which 
is very scarce. In some places the Coptis ¢rifolia, or Gold-thread was 
seen in abundance. The Zaxus Canadensis was found in fruit.” 
Although too late in the season for many of the plants common to 
Bergen, to bein flower, Miss Macauley’s list shows the rich flora of that 
favored locality. 
August 1, 1890. Among the many plants examined were Asclepias 
tuberosa, Cornus stolonifera, Lysimachia ciliata, L. quadrifolia, Galium 
trifiorum, Desmodium acuminatum, D. nudiflorum, Lobelia inflata, 
Stachys palustris, Solidago arguta, Scutellaria galericulata, Epilobium 
angustifolium, Verbena hastata, V. urticifolia, Adiantum pedatum, 
Apocynum androsaemtfolium, Pontederia cordata, Helianthus divaricatus, 
Utricularia vulgaris. 
The pollen of Ceratophyllum demersum, rarely found in fruit, was 
examined with the microscope. 
August 15,1890. Sagittarta vartabilts var. obtusa, and S. variabtlis 
var. hastata were shown and the staminate and pistillate flowers noted. 
August 29,1890. Miss Beckwith called the attention of the Section 
to a curious differentiation in the size and division of the leaves of 
Taraxacum officinale. In four different plants which she exhibited, 
each had leaves peculiar to itself. These variations are not mentioned 
in either Gray’s or Wood’s Botanies. 
